Putting out fires is not improvement.

「灭火」并非改进。

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"Those that can fly are flying, and are putting out fires," he said.

“能够飞的飞机现在都在灭火”他说。

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People think we run around, putting out fires but around 70% of the calls we get are for other types of services.

大家通常会认为我们会东奔西跑出往灭火，但是70%的报警电话都是其他的事情。

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At the time, Kinley was the leader in putting out fires in oil wells.

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None of his workers were ever killed while putting out oil well or gas fires.

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He was famous for putting out dangerous oil well fires around the world.

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No-one, it seems, is responsible for putting out fires except the people whose houses are threatened.

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